diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree_staging.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree_staging.c
index 7314dab4bcfb..561fd2c2e950 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree_staging.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree_staging.c
@@ -336,8 +336,10 @@ xfs_btree_bload_prep_block(
 		xfs_btree_set_sibling(cur, *blockp, &new_ptr, XFS_BB_RIGHTSIB);
 
 	ret = xfs_btree_bload_drop_buf(bbl, buffers_list, bpp);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		xfs_buf_relse(new_bp);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	/* Initialize the new btree block. */
 	xfs_btree_init_block_cur(cur, new_bp, level, nr_this_block);